JUNIOR ROAD SAFETY OFFICERS
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs)
JRSOs are a very important part of our school. They are volunteers from Year 5 and Year 6 who apply for the position to help raise road safety awareness and promote road safety issues to everyone in the school and the wider community.
What do the JRSOs do?
Here are just some of the responsibilities and activities our JRSOs get involved with:
· Lead assemblies on road safety topics
· Maintain a JRSO Road Safety Notice Board
· Run competitions in the school and organise prizes for the winners
· Get involved in organising safe and active travel activities, ie Walk to School Week
· Maintain a JRSO scrapbook to provide evidence of the topics covered
Who are the JRSO’s this year?
Tyler - Year 6
Charlie - Year 6
Ben - Year 5
Ellie - Year 5
In November we led our first JRSO assembly on BE BRIGHT BE SEEN and launched our very first competition. We had loads of great entries and prizes were awarded to the winners in each class.
In December we held a hands-up survey to see how children travelled to school 71.8% use sustainable methods by walking, cycling, scooting or parking and striding from the Village Hall.
In January, we met with Councillor Welham and Mr White, Highways Engineer, to discuss the confusing traffic signs outside the front of the school. There are four 20s Plenty signs along Church Road because there are two schools near each other. The sign directly in front of Freeman is in an ideal spot for the new housing estate! We have also written to the Parish Council to ask for the speed device statistics.
We have written our own Freeman RAP:
Amber, red, green, what do they all mean?
Red means stop, look around and stop.
Amber means be cautious, very, very, cautious.
Green means go, it is safe to go.
Now I know, thanks to the JRSOs!
We have signed up again for this year's BIG WALK AND WHEEL. Every day for 2 weeks we log how children travel to school and have to submit numbers online daily.
COMING UP!
STREET FEET - road safety training sessions for Reception and Year 1
WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK (19th - 24th May) including a BIKE CHECK for children and staff
BIKEABILITY - cycle training for Year 6 (2nd - 6th June)
CLEAN AIR DAY (Thursday 20th June)
JRSO AWARDS CEREMONY at Endeavour House, Ipswich (Friday 11 July)